Abstract
Motivation/Background: The formation of a lesbian mindset does not happen immediately. This study aims to explore the process of family roles experienced by research subjects who have a lesbian sexual orientation even though it is not accordance with their religion.
 Method: The research method used was a qualitative research of phenomenology in two subjects who had lived lesbian sexual orientation for more than 2 years with different backgrounds. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis was conducted to analyze the role of the family as a model, how the subject perceives the stimulus, direct or indirect environmental contributions, and how close family experiences form a lesbian mindset about the subject.
 Results: The results of this study indicate the subject "I" had a model of his father's behavior and reinforces the general perception of his mother that men had bad behavior. The social Environment made the subject felt ostracized and entered the domain of the lesbian community who can accept the subject with the circumstances as she was without much demand. A female friend in this environment became modes and informants experienced being lesbian. Meanwhile, "R" was growing psychologically with a style of parenting that is too spoiled by her mother and got a model and informants experienced from her older sister.
 Conclusions: Both subjects get different experiences in the process of forming a lesbian mindset. From a neurocognitive social perspective, the formation of a lesbian mindset is very complex. Neurocognitive response of the experience of getting too many rough touches or too long getting a hug of comfort, both can trigger perceptions that supported by the environment will form a lesbian mindset.
Highlights
There is still no research proving that genetics is a natural predisposition to homosexual orientation
This study looks at the phenomenon of two Moslem teenagers who become lesbians coming from different family backgrounds but both of them have heterosexual parents
Considering potential conflict between sexual orientation and religious beliefs, this study aims to analyze the family role in the process of the lesbian mindset from a social neurocognitive view
Summary
Lesbian is a term of women having a sexual orientation to the same gender [1]. It refers to women who physically, sexually, emotionally, or spiritually love other women. Crawford's theory states that lesbians have sexual and emotional desires for women and they consciously identify themselves as lesbian [2]. There are some factors making individual become a lesbian. Genetic and not balance in hormonal have a role in homosexuality formation [3], [4]. That statement is based on research finding which studies homosexuality in the family. According to hormonal study, homosexuality is lower than heterosexual among individuals with HIV. There is still no research proving that genetics is a natural predisposition to homosexual orientation
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